IT firm HCL Infosystems on Thursday said its Group Chief Financial Officer S G Murali has resigned from the company.

The company said Deputy CFO Kapil Kapur has been given the charge of CFO post to ensure smooth transition of duties.

S G Murali, Group Chief Financial Officer has informed the company about his decision to relinquish the said position effective September 15, 2017 to pursue new career opportunities, HCL Infosystems said in a BSE filing.

Google plans to introduce a localised digital payment service in India as early as next week, technology website TechCrunch reported, citing a report from news site The Ken.

The payment service, called Google 'Tez', will offer payment options beyond the existing ones like Google Wallet or Android Pay, the report said.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has moved higher by 10% to Rs 146 on the back of heavy volumes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe on Thursday laid foundation stone for India's first bullet train between Ahmedabad and Mumbai.

Till 11:00 AM; a combined 23.1 million equity shares changed hands against an average 3.2 million shares were traded daily in past two weeks on BSE and NSE.

National passenger carrier Air India has invited bids from banks for Rs 3,250 crore government guarantee backed Short Term Loans (STLs).

The airline has called for financial bids by September 19.

Air India is looking for Government Guarantee backed INR STLs totaling upto Rs 3,250 crore in the first phase to meet its urgent working capital requirements by 25th Sept 2017, the airline said in a tender document which was released on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his counterpart from Japan Shinzo Abe laid the foundation for the country’s first high speed train project Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train in Ahmedabad.

Prime Minister Modi described the bullet train as “symbol of New India” and stressed that the country must focus on creating high speed connectivity infrastructure as the transport is the future.

Shares of the IOC, BPCL, and HPCL tumbled on the news that government may ask the oil marketing companies to absorb further increase in global crude oil prices. The stock of the nation’s largest company Indian Oil Corporation fell as much as 6.2% to the day’s low of Rs 408; shares of another state-run refiner Bharat Petroleum Corporation plunged 8.4% to the day’s low of Rs 489. Shares of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation lost 8% to the day’s low of Rs 443.7.

Idea Cellular moved higher by 7% to Rs 84.50 on BSE after the counter recorded huge trading volumes. At 11:23 AM; around 4.9 million shares of telecom services provider have changed hands through block deal on BSE, the exchange data shows.

Till 01:16 PM; a combined 30.73 million equity shares representing 0.85% of total equity of Idea Cellular have changed hands on the BSE and NSE.

Leading two-wheeler manufacturer TVS Motor Company Ltd said it is prepared to export its latest bike model - TVS Victor Premium Edition depending on the market demand.

“As and when the demand happens, we would be keen to export this model. TVS is already exporting to 60 countries”, said Kendraj Joshi, senior manager, TVS Motor Company Ltd.

Two years after giving its in-principle nod, the Union Cabinet on Tuesday approved the hiving off of the mobile towers business of BSNL into a separate company with an intent to enable the state-owned, loss-making firm to monetise its tower infrastructure and earn higher revenues.

The Cabinet also approved a proposal to extend the benefit of a higher gratuity ceiling of Rs 20 lakh enjoyed by central government staff to employees of all PSUs, autonomous bodies and private-sector firms employing 10 or more persons, where the current limit on mandatory gratuity is Rs 10 lakh. This will require an amendment to the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972, by Parliament.

Shares of HDFC Bank hit a fresh life-time high on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on Tuesday and surpassed Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) during the day’s trade to become the country’s second most valued firm in terms of market capitalisation.

The market capitalisation of HDFC Bank touched a high of Rs 4.73 lakh crore. However, in the afternoon trade, shares of TCS regained the lost ground and ended the session with a market capitalisation of Rs 4.76 lakh crore, data from the stock exchange showed.

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